There's something special about black and gold decorating, especially during the holiday season. With a few choices, you can add drama, elegance and shimmery style to your tables and rooms.

You can DIY existing tables or accessories with a black or gold sheen, incorporate entertaining essentials or bring in animal prints, like Ivy & Vine did in its home office with a custom bar for the 2016 Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Home for the Holidays Designer Showhouse. Take cues from these delightful decorations. 

>>>Take a peek at more decorating ideas from the Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Home for the Holidays Showhouse here.

BE BOLD

Commit to the black and gold scheme in a major way with artwork, wallpaper or a quick update to your wall color. Then look for color-coordinated straws, like these black and gold ones that interior designer Jade Joyner, co-owner of Metal + Petal in Athens, Ga., used on her bar cart. Even with a black and gold palette, you can incorporate other colors. Joyner says she loves how refreshments have an element of style to them when you add a colorful straw.

HOLIDAY SHINE

Keeping the centerpiece simple with flameless candles and a handful of glittered pinecones, DIY blogger Ginnie Leeming of Hello Little Home really let her chalkboard—which she decorated with gold and white chalk marker and topped with a gold berry wreath—do the celebrating with sparkle.

USE THE SMALL STUFF

Joyner placed matches with black tips into small apothecary jars, and arranged them on a gold bar cart. She selected other entertaining essentials, such as straws, in gold as well. Even the champagne bottle’s gold seal fits into the look, and pops against the modern art backdrop.

RUSTIC RAZZLE-DAZZLE

A gold-rimmed tray can transition black and gold decor from season to season. Use trays with a mirror as the base, as in this display, or DIY trays made out of items such as old picture frames. Then you can add in metallic accessories, like napkins, gold-dot LED votives and succulents in gold pots, to complete the look.

MODERN ACCENTS

For a black and gold alternative to the traditional red and green Christmas color scheme, look for gold nutcrackers, or spray paint ones that you already own. Paper pinwheels in black and gold can hang from the ceiling, or you also can place them on shelves. Learn how to make your own paper napkin pinwheels.

MIX IT UP

Look for accessories that mix black and gold together in stripes or other prints, whether you’re buying something new or decoupaging a bowl or dish. Claire Sulmers of Fashion Bomb Daily used black and gold, along with white accents, in the Parisian-style room redo.

EASY EXTRAS

Reuse a Christmas card holder (and spray paint it gold or black) to hang ornaments or non-holiday party decor, depending on when you’re entertaining. Fast and cheap black and gold accessories include tassel garland, which is inexpensive to buy or which you can make out of tissue paper.

CHALKBOARD CHIC

A chalkboard is a cute and versatile piece for black and gold decorating. This one by DIY blogger Yuni Min combines both palettes, with a gold border around a black chalkboard that can be updated with favorite messages and quotes.